EKLAVYA ACADEMY

CLASS-12
ANAND MAHESHWARI
B.E (Electronics)
M.Tech (Comm. Sys. Engg)
Ex-faculty- GHRCEM, Pune
RCOEM, Nagpur
 COURSE STRUCTURE- PHYSICS
Units Unit Name No. of Marks
Periods
I Electrostatics 24 23
Chapter–1: Electric Charges and Fields
Chapter–2: Electrostatic Potential and
Capacitance
II Current Electricity 18
Chapter–3: Current Electricity
III Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism 22 17
Chapter–4: Moving Charges and Magnetism
Chapter–5: Magnetism and Matter
IV Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating 20
Currents
Chapter–6: Electromagnetic Induction
Chapter–7: Alternating Current
COURSE STRUCTURE- PHYSICS
Units Unit Name No. of Marks
Periods
V Electromagnetic Waves 04 17
Chapter–8: Electromagnetic Waves
VI Optics 27

Chapter–9: Ray Optics and Optical

Instruments
Chapter–10: Wave Optics

VII Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter 08 12

Chapter–11: Dual Nature of Radiation
and Matter
VIII Atoms and Nuclei 15
Chapter–12: Atoms
Chapter–13: Nuclei
COURSE STRUCTURE- PHYSICS
Units Unit Name No. of Marks
Periods
IX Electronic Devices 12 7
Chapter–14: Semiconductor Electronics:
Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits
Total 150 70
UNIT I: ELECTROSTATICS 24 PERIODS
 Chapter–1: Electric Charges and Fields
 Electric Charges; Conservation of charge, Coulomb's
law-force between two point charges, forces
between multiple charges; superposition principle
and continuous charge distribution.
 Electric field, electric field due to a point charge,
electric field lines, electric dipole, electric field
due to a dipole, torque on a dipole in uniform
electric field.
 Electric flux, statement of Gauss's theorem and its
applications to find field due to infinitely long
straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane
sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell
(field inside and outside).
UNIT I: ELECTROSTATICS 24 PERIODS
 Chapter–2: Electrostatic Potential and
Capacitance
 Electric potential, potential difference, electric
potential due to a point charge, a dipole and system
of charges; equipotential surfaces, electrical
potential energy of a system of two point charges
and of electric dipole in an electrostatic field.
 Conductors and insulators, free charges and bound
charges inside a conductor. Dielectrics and electric
polarisation, capacitors and capacitance,
combination of capacitors in series and in parallel,
capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with and
without dielectric medium between the plates,
energy stored in a capacitor.
UNIT II: CURRENT ELECTRICITY 18 PERIODS
 Chapter–3: Current Electricity
 Electric current, flow of electric charges in a metallic
conductor, drift velocity, mobility and their relation with
electric current; Ohm's law, electrical resistance, V-I
characteristics (linear and non-linear), electrical energy
and power, electrical resistivity and conductivity, Carbon
resistors, colour code for carbon resistors; series and
parallel combinations of resistors; temperature dependence
of resistance.
 Internal resistance of a cell, potential difference and emf
of a cell, combination of cells in series and in parallel,
Kirchhoff's laws and simple applications, Wheatstone
bridge, metre bridge.
 Potentiometer - principle and its applications to measure
potential difference and for comparing EMF of two cells;
measurement of internal resistance of a cell.
UNIT III: MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF CURRENT AND
MAGNETISM 22 PERIODS
 Chapter–4: Moving Charges and Magnetism
 Concept of magnetic field, Oersted's experiment.
 Biot - Savart law and its application to current
carrying circular loop.
 Ampere's law and its applications to infinitely long
straight wire. Straight and toroidal solenoids (only
qualitative treatment), force on a moving charge in
uniform magnetic and electric fields, Cyclotron.
 Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform
magnetic field, force between two parallel current
carrying conductors-definition of ampere, torque
experienced by a current loop in uniform magnetic
field; moving coil galvanometer-its current sensitivity
and conversion to ammeter and voltmeter.
UNIT III: MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF CURRENT AND
MAGNETISM 22 PERIODS
 Chapter–5: Magnetism and Matter
 Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its
magnetic dipole moment, magnetic dipole
moment of a revolving electron, magnetic field
intensity due to a magnetic dipole (bar magnet)
along its axis and perpendicular to its axis,
torque on a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) in a
uniform magnetic field; bar magnet as an
equivalent solenoid, magnetic field lines; earth's
magnetic field and magnetic elements.
 Para-, dia- and ferro - magnetic substances, with
examples. Electromagnets and factors affecting
their strengths, permanent magnets.
UNIT IV: ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION
AND ALTERNATING CURRENTS 20 PERIODS
 Chapter–6: Electromagnetic Induction
 Electromagnetic induction; Faraday's laws,
induced EMF and current; Lenz's Law, Eddy
currents. Self and mutual induction.
 Chapter–7: Alternating Current
 Alternating currents, peak and RMS value of
alternating current/voltage; reactance and
impedance; LC oscillations (qualitative
treatment only), LCR series circuit, resonance;
power in AC circuits, power factor, wattless
current.
 AC generator and transformer.
UNIT V: ELECTROMAGNETIC
WAVES 04 PERIODS
 Chapter–8: Electromagnetic Waves
 Basic idea of displacement current,
Electromagnetic waves, their characteristics,
their Transverse nature (qualitative ideas only).
 Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves,
microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-rays,
gamma rays) including elementary facts about
their uses.
UNIT VI: OPTICS 27 PERIODS
 Chapter–9: Ray Optics and Optical Instruments
 Ray Optics: Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula,
refraction of light, total internal reflection and its applications, optical
fibres, refraction at spherical surfaces, lenses, thin lens formula,
lensmaker's formula, magnification, power of a lens, combination of thin
lenses in contact, refraction of light through a prism.
 Scattering of light - blue colour of sky and reddish appearance of the sun
at sunrise and sunset.
 Optical instruments: Microscopes and astronomical telescopes (reflecting
and refracting) and their magnifying powers.
 Chapter–10: Wave Optics
 Wave optics: Wave front and Huygen's principle, reflection and refraction
of plane wave at a plane surface using wave fronts. Proof of laws of
reflection and refraction using Huygen's principle. Interference, Young's
double slit experiment and expression for fringe width, coherent sources
and sustained interference of light, diffraction due to a single slit, width
of central maximum, resolving power of microscope and astronomical
telescope, polarisation, plane polarised light, Brewster's law, uses of
plane polarised light and Polaroid's.
UNIT VII: DUAL NATURE OF
RADIATION AND MATTER 08 PERIODS
 Chapter–11: Dual Nature of Radiation and
Matter
 Dual nature of radiation, Photoelectric effect,
Hertz and Lenard's observations;
 Einstein's photoelectric equation-particle nature
of light.
 Experimental study of photoelectric effect
 Matter waves-wave nature of particles, de
Broglie relation, Davisson-Germer experiment
(experimental details should be omitted; only
conclusion should be explained).
UNIT VIII: ATOMS AND NUCLEI 15 PERIODS
 Chapter–12: Atoms
 Alpha-particle scattering experiment;
Rutherford's model of atom; Bohr model, energy
levels, hydrogen spectrum.
 Chapter–13: Nuclei
 Composition and size of nucleus, Radioactivity,
alpha, beta and gamma particles/rays and their
properties; radioactive decay law, half life and
mean life.
 Mass-energy relation, mass defect; binding
energy per nucleon and its variation with mass
number; nuclear fission, nuclear fusion.
UNIT IX: ELECTRONIC DEVICES 12 PERIODS
 Chapter–14: Semiconductor Electronics:
Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits
 Energy bands in conductors, semiconductors and
insulators (qualitative ideas only)
 Semiconductor diode - I-V characteristics in
forward and reverse bias, diode as a rectifier;
 Special purpose p-n junction diodes: LED,
photodiode, solar cell and Zener diode and their
characteristics, zener diode as a voltage regulator.